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CMAT Assessment Team to depart tomorrow for China

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Friday May 16, 2008 – TORONTO/ VANCOUVER: Canadian Medical Assistance Teams will hold a news conference on Saturday May 17, 2008 at 9:30am to announce the departure of the first of several medical teams headed to aid in the relief effort of earthquake ravaged Sichuan, China.

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CMAT Director briefs CBC National News

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May 14 – 2008 – Comox, British Columbia: CMAT Director Bill Coltart briefed CBC National news today on CMAT’s emergency response plan and capabilities for China.

Click here to view the video clip: CBC News – China Quake – CMAT preparation

CMAT readying assessment team to aid Toronto’s sister city in China

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Location of quake zone, in Sichuan province, western China.

Location of quake zone, in Sichuan province, western China.

May 12, 2008 – Toronto: Canadian Medical Assistance Teams have readied their assessment team to respond to the earthquake which happened earlier today in China. Chongqing, Toronto’s sister city in the province of Sichuan recently visited by a trade mission of Toronto Mayor David Miller and Toronto City Councillors, was rocked by an earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale at approximately 14:00 local time.

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CMAT endorses ‘The Dhaka Project’ – a grassroots project in Dhaka slums

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CMAT Assessment team members Valerie and David with Maria Cristina Foundation founder Maria Concaicao in front of the training facilities in Dhaka.

CMAT Assessment team members Valerie and David with Maria Cristina Foundation founder Maria Concaicao in front of the training facilities in Dhaka.

Tuesday, September 18, 2007 – BRANTFORD, CANADA: CMAT announced today that it has endorsed the activities of the Dhaka Project – a grassroots humanitarian project started by Ms. Maria Conceicao, a flight attendant for Emirates Airways. Conceicao was so moved by the plight of Dhaka’s homelessness and poverty that she spearheaded the Maria Cristina Foundation.

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